The study aimed to investigate the adsorptive interaction between metal hexacyanoferrates (II) and natural antifungals. Nickel, manganese and copper hexacyanoferrates (II) were synthesized and characterized by elemental and spectral analysis. The antifungal potentials of each met...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40631
Sheath blight of rice is an important and destructive disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Fifty rice sheath blight samples were collected from different parts of eastern UP and pathogenic variability was studied on different rice cultivars Viz.,Pusa Basmati-1(PB-1) susceptible...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/41052
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) samples were subjected to three different drying methods using solar, sun and oven. Chemical and sensory properties of the dried okra samples were investigated using fresh okra as a control. Natural open sun drying took about 191/2 hours to dry the o...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/38796
Intercropping is a common practice which allows for better resource use efficiency, increases yield stability as compared to monocropping. The present research work was conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidy...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/41023
A pilot study was conducted during 2013-16 at Regional Sericultural Research Station, Kalimpong, West Bengal research farm with five treatments and four replications to study the integrated effect of mixed cake and FYM on existing mulberry variety BC259 (Morus alba L.). This stud...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/39174
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most vital staple food crop in Asia and human consumption accounts for 85% of total production of rice. The conventional rice production system with standing water not only leads to wastage of water but also causes ecological problems and reduces the...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40579
A manual ridge vegetable planter was developed for the sowing of vegetable crops on ridges. It consisted of seed metering mechanism- an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene polymer seed-metering roller having cells on its periphery, mainframe, speed reduction unit, handle, seed tube a...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40526
This paper represents about a complex system can produce a non –series parallel structure. The most simple non-series parallel structure is a bridge configuration. In this paper, we discuss the Reliability analysis of ten unit’s Bridge network with critical& non-critical huma...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40770
The molecular variability among the isolates of Colletotrichum capsici and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides that differed in virulence was analysed by means of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) using 10 random primers. Analysis of the genetic coefficient matrix derived from t...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40414
We propose a first depth dual approach branch and bound (B&B) routine for solving the general form of multi-dimensional multiple-choice knapsack problems (MMKPs).We call this approach a discriminatory branch and bound method. This name is chosen due to the selection of a node...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40420
Aims: The goal of this work was to provide comparative analysis of different GCM models for stream flow prediction. These models were prepared by training, validation, testing and mean square error. The specific objective of this study was to compare different GCM models for clim...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40215
Innovative and novel composite materials that can offer a healthy combination of properties to include physical, mechanical and thermal have in recent years been engineered for use in a spectrum of both performance-critical and non-performance-critical applications in industries...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40576
Aims: The study was to find out the suitable agar medium and the selection of monokaryotic islates of P. flabellatus and P. sajor-caju for its dikaryotization with the help of rapidity in the growth performance. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Plant Pathology Uttar Ban...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40423
Extrusion process was used in the development of Dakuwa extrudates from blends of (Sorghum bicolour L) groundnut (Arachis hypogeal L) and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L). The influence of extrusion variables on proximate composition, some nutrient and antinutrient content of daku...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40037
An investigation was carried out during Kharif 2016 to study the performance of ridge gourd as influenced by organic inputs at Experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with t...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40696